A Stroop Stepping Test (SST) using low-cost computer game technology discriminates between older fallers and non-fallers

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-289

  Schoene, Daniel ^a,b   Smith, Stuart T ^a   Davies, Thomas A ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a,b   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Assessment; Executive function; Inhibition; Older people; Stepping

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP STEPPING TEST; TECHNOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ASSESSMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INHIBITION; OLDER PEOPLE; STEPPING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROOP TEST; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; WALKING;

EID: 84896724782     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft157     Document Type: Article

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